METHOD Technetium is obtained from a column of alumina on which molybdenum (" Mo) in
the form of molybdate is absorbed. By eluting this column with physi ological saline …

The Utilization of 99―Technetiumin Brain Scanning Page 1 JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR
MEDICINE 6:121-130, 1965 The Utilization of 99―Technetiumin Brain Scanning …

The localization by radioisotope scanning of intracranial lesions, both neo-plastic and non-
neoplastic, has undergone profound change in the past seventeen years. The …

BRAIN SCANNING As pertechnetate (99mTc04-), technetium has an initial distribution in the
body quite similar to iodide (5, 6), and has been used widely for brain scanн ning. Like …

Results The method described above was used to make brain scans on 175 patients from
August 1, 1963 throughJuly 1, 1964. Several patients were scanned more than once making …

Subject: N28530*-Life Sciences-Medicine-Radiodiagnosis; BRAIN; CHLORMERODRIN;
DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; DIURETICS; DRUGS; LABELLED COMPOUNDS; MAN; …

Biopsy proved brain tumors were recorded in 97 cases at the Cleveland Clinic during the
period from January 1965 to December 1966. In each case a brain scintigram had been …

[en] In the search for an isotope that will be''ideal''for scanning, Tc 99m appears to offer many
advantages. This substance emits a clean 140-keV γ-ray (9% converted) with no particle …

INTEREST has increased over the past few years in the use of technetium 99m as a
radioactive tracer material for organ and tumor localization studies (1). Initially, attention was …

The value and limitations of brain scanning as a diagnostic tool have been assessed in the
literature by several authors (1-6). In the reports cited, the accuracy of brain scan diagnoses …